In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the September 2023Emergency Medicine Practice article, Emergency Department Management of Patients With Rectal Bleeding

Etiology/pathophysiology

Risk factors

Differential diagnosis

Prehospital care

ED history and physical exam

Diagnostic studies

• Laboratory testing
• Imaging studies

Treatment

• Transfusion
• Coagulation reversal
• Embolization

Special Populations

• Pediatrics
• Pregnant patients
• Elderly patients

Scoring systems

Disposition

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